60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Chess, Deckbuilding, Singleplayer.
A chess roguelike where every run bends the rules. Build your army, wield powerful kings, and survive deadly variants on your way to proving a human can still beat the machine. Shape your build, outlast the chaos, and choose when to command the board yourself.
Regicide
Forget checkmate. Every capture scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder. Gather powerful floppy disks, rig your pieces (and theirs), and ignite cascading combos as you chase scores you have no right to reach.
Zeitnot
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
Forget checkmate. Every capture scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder. Gather powerful floppy disks, rig your pieces (and theirs), and ignite cascading combos as you chase scores you have no right to reach.
Why similar: Chess 40.9% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 32% ★, Deckbuilding 16%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 1.1%
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
Why similar: Chess 45% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.5% ★, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Turn-Based Combat 4.8%
FRITZ CHESS 14! The Ultimate Chess SoftwarePlay against FRITZ or play online at FRITZ CHESS 14 is the most comprehensive chess program in the world. Whether you are new to the game or a Grandmaster, FRITZ 14 is suitable for all skill levels!
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.
Why similar: Chess 41.7% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Tabletop 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 4.7%
A roguelike tower defense on a chessboard that reshapes itself every turn. Build mazes and fend off the advancing army of black chess pieces with towers, traps, and cards.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.3% ★, Chess 31.6% ★, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Strategy 10.1%, PvE 5.1%
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
Why similar: Chess 45.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.5% ★, Deckbuilding 17.6%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 0.7%
Try Boardfall for free! Progressively harder waves of enemies fall from the sky. Capture them to earn gold, and then purchase your own reinforcements to drop onto the board.
Why similar: Chess 43.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.7% ★, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Tabletop 9.7%, Strategy 5.5%
Collect cards, build decks, and battle fierce opponents in Top Check, a roguelike deckbuilder and card game inspired by the classic game of chess. With many unique pieces and abilities, only the best strategists will emerge victorious. Do you have what it takes to reach the top?
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.2% ★, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Strategy 5.3%, PvE 2.9%
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards move like chess pieces. Build an army, bless your troops, and conquer the kingdom one battle at a time.
Why similar: Chess 41.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.2% ★, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Combat 5%
Roguelike deckbuilding chess in the seven floors of Hell. Each floor belongs to a deadly sin, and every sin crowns its own king. Summon pieces, sling spells, and brand your army with sigils to melt the king's HP before your turns run out. Seven sins, seven kings, one deck.
Why similar: Chess 39.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Grid-Based Movement 8.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.4%
Board Defenders is super-structuring the rules of the world’s most played game of all times - chess. A modern vision thrilling and fun fast action game, combining the pace of an arcade with the challenge of a logic puzzle - brain game, based on chess rules.
Why similar: Chess 48.4% ★, Tabletop 33.2%, Strategy 16.4%, Indie 2%
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
Why similar: Chess 39.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.6% ★, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 6.6%, PvE 6.5%
Sans Issue is a 2D game mixing chess and card-deck building. Use cards to summon new pieces, move your pieces in new ways, and change the board's terrain. Earn new cards via the campaign, create custom decks using the deckbuilder, and play against your friends both locally and over Steam.
Why similar: Chess 58.8% ★, Deckbuilding 21.4%, Tabletop 10.8%, Strategy 8%, Indie 0.6%
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Why similar: Chess 39.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Grid-Based Movement 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 5.9%
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Why similar: Chess 66.2% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.6%, Tabletop 6.8%, PvE 3.5%
Face the demon queen Lilith in high-stakes, asymmetrical chess matches. Capture all of her pieces, EXCEPT ONE! Carefully sacrifice your own pieces, use special items, and outthink Lilith’s unpredictable moves to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Chess 66.9% ★, Tabletop 13.6%, PvE 9.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Battle Chess II brings new life into Chinese Chess. A game of strategy with animated battles to bring the game to life!
Shatranj Pro is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
Why similar: Chess 82.9% ★, Strategy 15.1%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 1%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 50.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Tabletop 7.9%
A pirate themed chess puzzle game where strategically placing a limited number of pieces is key to breaking open all treasure chests and completing each level.
Why similar: Chess 60.7% ★, Strategy 16.4%, Tabletop 13.6%, Grid-Based Movement 7.6%, Indie 0.9%
The chess roguelike deckbuilder. Solo Chess is a cozy strategy game where you play chess-themed cards on a 3×3 grid, trigger piece effects, and earn points through clever combos. Build your deck with pets and food to conquer waves of unique battles.
Why similar: Chess 47.7% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.5% ★, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Strategy 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 66.3% ★, Tabletop 17.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
It took 2000 years for someone to make chess better!
Balloon Chess is a roguelite take on chess, where you fight through waves of enemies and challenging boss matches as you ride an elevator to the top floor. Get powerful new abilities, imbue your balloons with passive effects, and build up a 'deck' of backup balloons to take on higher challenges.
Why similar: Chess 40.3% ★, Deckbuilding 29%, Tabletop 9.3%, Strategy 8.6%, PvE 6%
Customize your board with a host of new pieces. Start with an aggressive forward assault, Or perhaps a defensive fortress designed to weather the storm. Will you outwit, outmanoeuvre, or out-explode your way to victory?
Why similar: Chess 60.3% ★, Deckbuilding 26.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Chex is a strategic board game currently based on Gliński's hexagonal variant of chess. Players must use their pieces to capture their opponent's king. The hexagonal board introduces new challenges and opportunities.
Why similar: Chess 72.2% ★, Tabletop 20.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Chess 46.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.2% ★, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Grid-Based Movement 6.8%
Are you a chess master? Or a chess enthusiast? Maybe you just play chess from time to time. Whoever you are, Chessia is here for you.
Why similar: Chess 56.7% ★, Tabletop 32%, Strategy 9.6%, Indie 1.8%
Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!
Why similar: Chess 45.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.8% ★, Deckbuilding 19.7%, Strategy 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Start with pawns, end with clowns. Build a roster of evolving pieces, stack game-breaking stickers, and chain together absurd high scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.9% ★, Deckbuilding 25.8%, Chess 21.3% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Grid-Based Movement 6.4%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 88.3% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
The most popular Chinese board game.
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Tabletop 28.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Indie 3.5%
Crounds is a fast-paced PvP chess roguelike. Choose a powerful King, draft game-breaking upgrades, and bend the traditional rules of chess to destroy your opponent! Synergize your chaotic upgrades to create your winning strategy!
Why similar: Chess 56.4% ★, Deckbuilding 17%, Tabletop 12.8%, Strategy 7%, Turn-Based Combat 6%
Quattro Synchro is a roguelike puzzle game where a familiar Connect Four-style board meets endless strategy. Build combos, collect powerful upgrades, and master ever-changing racks where gravity, physics, and the rules themselves can shift.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 53% ★, Deckbuilding 32.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1.1%
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 53.4% ★, Deckbuilding 22.8%, Tabletop 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7%, Strategy 5.9%
A colorful chess roguelike! Engage in dopaminergic, cinematic strategy while you fulfill a chess power fantasy - your pieces gain abilities as you construct a juiced up roster capable of surviving the onslaught! Only - seven mysterious prismatic kings stand before you and the one true crown...
Why similar: Chess 70.7% ★, Tabletop 14.5%, Strategy 8.8%, PvE 5.1%, Indie 0.5%
It took 2,000 years for someone to make chess better! The most challenging game on earth comes to life in Battle Chess. An entire medieval world at war is reflected on the checkered field. Everyone who's ever had a knight take a pawn has seen that capture as more than one piece replacing another on the board.
Pegture is a peg solitaire-themed roguelike, deck-building game. Build your deck, enhance your pegs, perform frenetic combos, beat bosses, reach the highest score and get the best peg solitaire experience.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.1% ★, Chess 30.5% ★, Deckbuilding 25%, Strategy 7.4%, Indie 1.1%
Combine 100's of unique emoji based tokens in this roguelike merge-builder! Find ever more creative combinations of Tokens and Powers to fuse unique strategies and beat this ever more challenging twist on rogue-likes, puzzlers and arcadey games!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 46.2% ★, Deckbuilding 29.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 5.9%, Grid-Based Movement 5.7%
A dice-building roguelike where you shape a 25-dice board to unleash powerful chained attacks.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 50.8% ★, Deckbuilding 34.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Indie 1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
A tactical tower defense roguelike game where chess pieces defend against waves from other games. Place strategic pieces, play powerful cards, build synergistic decks, and survive procedurally generated runs of increasing difficulty.
Why similar: Chess 52.2% ★, Deckbuilding 28.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Grid-Based Movement 5%, PvE 2.8%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 69.4% ★, Tabletop 18.1%, Strategy 12%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Deckforce is a grid-based deckbuilder that blends Blackjack mechanics with roguelite elements. Combine cards on a 4x4 grid to reach 21, multiply your bankroll with bold bets, craft your ultimate deck, and defeat ruthless enemies!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 43.9% ★, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Tabletop 22.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Indie 1.1%
GoblinChess is a new type of chess game where we introduce ten different magical cards to the gameplay, and some chaos if you want. You can play online or against the built in robot.
Why similar: Chess 63.1% ★, Tabletop 15.6%, Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 6.1%, Indie 0.7%
King's Gambit is a turn-based co-op roguelike deckbuilder with a chess twist! Unlock powerful card upgrades to enhance your weapons and spells. Master 18 characters, each with unique abilities - Hurl knives, brew potions, and summon spectral spiders as you battle chess-pieces and bosses!
Why similar: Chess 39.7% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.8% ★, Tabletop 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7%, Strategy 6.8%
Experience the beloved game of chess in ways never before seen! Starting with just your King and a Pawn, you’ll strategically assemble your board with pieces of your choice. But be warned, you’ll be facing off against boards uniquely crafted by other players, there’s no telling what to expect!
Why similar: Chess 71.8% ★, Tabletop 14.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 3.6%, Indie 0.7%
Chess Hunt is a rogue-like puzzle game. Use your cards to move your character and try to score as many points as possible by collecting matching chess pieces. Build your own deck and play endlessly!
Why similar: Chess 45.5% ★, Deckbuilding 22.4%, Tabletop 17%, Grid-Based Movement 13.2%, Indie 1.2%
Cute Chess is all the fun of regular chess but with cute little characters, scene designs and music to make the game even more fun. Improve your chess skills by practising against computers with a range of different difficulties or take your skills online and compete against friends.
Why similar: Chess 71.7% ★, Tabletop 15.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
A cozy chess career simulation where every move matters. Shape your strategy with decision cards, rise through local tournaments, and work city jobs to build the life that supports your path to becoming a champion.
Why similar: Chess 63.5% ★, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Indie 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
3D chess variants + Mana Chess deckbuilding. Weird boards, strange pieces, puzzles and mini-games — and a free demo available now.
Why similar: Chess 57.4% ★, Deckbuilding 23.7%, Grid-Based Movement 11%, Strategy 7.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 73.8% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Indie 0.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.
Je Di Bo is a chaotic, deep turn-based card strategy where chess-like logic meets unpredictability. Move pieces, upgrade their ranks, and dominate the board. But beware: every 7 turns, Karma rolls the dice and completely changes the rules of engagement. Can you outsmart the chaos?
Why similar: Chess 50.7% ★, Tabletop 23.8%, Strategy 12%, Grid-Based Movement 5.4%, Turn-Based Combat 4.7%
In the familiar deck-building and roguelike genres, create your own unique combinations of magic. Even a single card can produce completely different outcomes depending on the combination. Even if it seems like a simple hand, your choices can dramatically change the moment.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.9% ★, Deckbuilding 34.8%, Strategy 16.7%, PvE 4%, Turn-Based Combat 3.7%
A new patch just dropped for the ancient game of Chess. The Definitive Edition adds new pieces, chaotic cards, and modernized rules. Reshape the board and bring down the enemy Kings, heirs, and pretenders. Master the first major update in centuries.
Why similar: Chess 73.5% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Tabletop 12.7%, Indie 0.9%
Crawl through the infernal checkerboards. Plan your moves, survive demonic hordes, collect unholy weapons, and descend ever deeper to reclaim your soul — but beware: in this damned game, the rules of chess have been... corrupted. Can you reach the PAWNDEMONIUM ?
Why similar: Chess 67.7% ★, Grid-Based Movement 10.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.4%
